Scott Scarano from Padgett Business Services
What cartels and accountants have in common
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About the Episode
About the Episode
Transcript
Scott Scarano is the President of Padgett Business Services in North Carolina. He leads a team of unique advisors who share his passion for helping small businesses thrive. In this episode, Stuart and Scott discuss the impact of social media on productivity, Scott’s journey with Padgett, the parallels between cartels and accounting, and interacting with people in a post-COVID world. Scott also shares his unique story of learning how to run a business and what led him to be a podcast host.
Episode Themes
Episode Notes
- Scott’s family (0:30)
- Scott’s relationship with his kids (2:00)
- Thoughts on Karbon (4:20)
- Content marketing at Karbon (6:00)
- Impact of social media (9:00)
- Discussing accent and intonation (10:00)
- Adjusting how you talk to suit your audience (13:30)
- Recent big news (15:00)
- Accounting workflow vertical (16:30)
- Anatomy of tech stack at Padgett (19:30)
- Application of Karbon at Padgett (20:40)
- Importance of managing time (22:40)
- The reality of working with people (26:10)
- Karbon X (27:40)
- The podcasting world and interacting with people (29:00)
- The story of Padgett (31:00)
- Changes at Padgett (35:00)
- Scott’s story of joining Padgett (37:00)
- Learning how to run a business in a unique way (40:30)
- The parallel between cartels and accounting (42:30)
- What’s next for Scott (43:50)
- Finding your “why” (46:00)
Episode Themes
Episode Notes
- Scott’s family (0:30)
- Scott’s relationship with his kids (2:00)
- Thoughts on Karbon (4:20)
- Content marketing at Karbon (6:00)
- Impact of social media (9:00)
- Discussing accent and intonation (10:00)
- Adjusting how you talk to suit your audience (13:30)
- Recent big news (15:00)
- Accounting workflow vertical (16:30)
- Anatomy of tech stack at Padgett (19:30)
- Application of Karbon at Padgett (20:40)
- Importance of managing time (22:40)
- The reality of working with people (26:10)
- Karbon X (27:40)
- The podcasting world and interacting with people (29:00)
- The story of Padgett (31:00)
- Changes at Padgett (35:00)
- Scott’s story of joining Padgett (37:00)
- Learning how to run a business in a unique way (40:30)
- The parallel between cartels and accounting (42:30)
- What’s next for Scott (43:50)
- Finding your “why” (46:00)
About the Guest
Scott Scarano is the President of Padgett Business Services in North Carolina. Scott describes himself as an eccentric entrepreneur and podcast host with the heart of a lion and the soul of a house-cat. He leads a team of passionate advisors who have unique personalities and share his virtues of empathy and integrity to help small businesses strive. He also has a podcast of his own, Sons of CPAs, which he co-hosts with previous Accounting Leaders Podcast guest, Jason Ackerman. Together they question the state of the accounting and tax industry with the next generation of professionals leading this space.
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